Should You Pay for Gemini Ultra to Create AI Videos With Google's Veo 3? I Did. Here's How It Went

I spend a lot of time testing and reviewing AI, specifically image and video generators. During my review processes, I've come up with a few go-to prompts that can help orient me and give me a sense of each program's abilities. The first prompt I try is a kind of wishful thinking for me: I ask the program to imagine me and my friends on the beach somewhere warm, where you can smell the salty air and there's a faint sound of Jimmy Buffett playing nearby. (This is more the vibe than the actual prompt.) Here's what Google's newest AI video model, Veo 3, came up with. I admit, I had low expectations for Veo 3 before I even started with my beach bonfire dream prompt. While I did see some social media posts gawking at Veo 3's capabilities, I've seen enough slop and hallucinations to approach with skepticism. Google's AI creative products, in particular, have always felt like a bit of an afterthought to me, something the company adds on to its extensive Gemini offerings to compete with the o ... Read full article.